Senior Hardware Technician: Prototyping & Compliance

Jobtailor; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced hardware engineering technician in Santa Clara, CA to support prototype qualification, bring-up, and cross-functional coordination across HW, SW, and manufacturing teams.

The role involves managing prototypes, coordinating rework with contract manufacturers, and ensuring environmental and compliance testing is current. Strong soldering, debugging, and OS/Linux scripting skills are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or higher required.
• Basic board-level test and debug skills essential.
• Soldering skills required.
• Basic OS/Linux and automation scripting skills needed.
• Strong lab experience or EE degree with hands-on lab work.

Responsibilities

• Support components selection, procurement and qualification during prototype and post-product-launch phases.
• Support product bring-up and qualification.
• Manage prototypes across cross-functional teams and ensure they are at the latest revision.
• Perform basic rework in the lab or coordinate product rework through contract manufacturers and third parties.
• Support environmental and compliance testing and help ensure compliance certification is current.
• Create product-related documentation, including compliance certificates, MTBF and product manuals.
• Support product sustaining by helping create test setups and scripts to triage failures.
• Work with the HW engineering team to introduce leading-edge network security appliances.
• Help coordinate JDM/ODM/OEM projects.

Skills

Board-Level Test And Debug Skills

Soldering Skills

Basic OS/Linux Skills

Automation Scripting Skills

Cross-Functional Team Collaboration

Organizational Skills

Prioritization Skills

Effective Communication

Willingness To Learn

Team Collaboration

Education

Associate Degree or Higher

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced hardware engineering technician in Santa Clara, CA to support prototype qualification, bring-up, and cross-functional coordination across HW, SW, and manufacturing teams.

The role involves managing prototypes, coordinating rework with contract manufacturers, and ensuring environmental and compliance testing is current. Strong soldering, debugging, and OS/Linux scripting skills are essential for success.